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COMBINATION SUIT.

No. 515,435. Patented Feb. 27, I894.-

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFCE.

MARCUS LOEVVENTHAL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBlNATlON-SUIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.515,435, dated February2'7, 1894.

Application filed March 29,1893. $eria11lo. 468,234. (No model.)

To @513 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Masons LOEWENTHAL, of the city, county; and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inCombination-Suits, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates particularly to combination suits which are to beworn by small children.

The object of my invention is to dispense with what are ordinarilycalled skeleton waists, and are worn for the purpose of supporting thelower garments, such as trousers or skirts.

I will describe the garment embodying my improvement, and then point outthe novel features in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a front view of garmentembodying my improvement, one of these garments being made in the formof a vest, and theother in the form of short trousers, or knee trousers.Fig. 2 is a back view of the meeting portions of these two garments.Fig. 3 is a view of certain parts of the meeting portions at the Fig. 4is a perspective view, partly in section, taken through the meetingportions of the front of the garments. Fig. 5 is a similar view,illustrating the meeting portions of the back of the garments.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A designates a pair of kneetrousers, which may be of ordinary or anyother suitable construction, except in the particulars hereinafterdescribed. Inside the front portion, at or near the upper edge, is aninner flap or band, a, which may be secured at any desired points to thetrousers proper, preferably it will be secured along its entire loweredge to a lining, and also fastened near the upper edge at shortintervals to the trousers proper. In it are a number of buttonholes a,in the present instance three.

B designates a vest, which may be of ordinary or any other suitableconstruction, except as hereinafter specified. At its front near thelower edge itis provided inside with a band or flap b. This will be madein two sections where, as in the present case, the

garment opens down the front. It may be secured in'any suitable mannerto the inside of the vest; preferably it will be secured to a lining andentirely across its upper edge. It is provided on its front surface withbuttons, b, for engaging with the buttonholes a. The buttons h whenengaged with the buttonholes a will be concealed by the front of thetrousers proper, and the lower edge portion of the vest proper will lapover the upper edge of the trousers.

On the back of the vest B are buttons 12 and these engage withbuttonholes a in a flap or band a which may be secured to the hack ofthe trousers inside the upper edge portion, like the band or flap c.When the buttons 11 are engaged with the button holes a they will beconcealed by the upper edge portion of the back of the trousers.

Obviously myimprovement is not confined to the combination of a vest andtrousers, but may be used in connection with other garments. It must beequally clear that it does not depend upon buttons and buttonholes asessential features.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A combination suit consisting of an upper garment and a lowergarment, the lower garment having inside its front a band or flap, andthe upper garment havinginside its front a band or flap provided withdevices for engaging the first mentioned band or flap of the lowergarment, and said upper garment having the edge of its outer frontportion ex tended below its said band or flap in order that it may lapover the upper portion of the lower garment; the said lower garment alsohaving inside its upper edge a band or flap for engaging with devices onthe back of the upper garment, substantially as described.

2. A combination suit consisting of a vest and trousers, the trousershaving inside their front a band or flap, and the vest having inside itsfront a band or flap provided with devices for engaging the band or flapof the trousers, and said vest having its front edge extended below itssaid band or flap and lapped over the top of the trousers; substantiallyas specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARCUS LOEWENTHAL.

Witnesses:

ANTHONY Ganr, WM. A. PoLLooK.

